2018 PDC World Youth Championship

Last updated
2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship
Tournament information
Dates5 November 2018
25 November 2018 (final)
Venue Butlin's Minehead
Location Minehead
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
First to 5 (group stage)
First to 6 (knockout phase)
Prize fund£60,000
Winner's share£10,000
Champion(s)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh
«2017 2019»

The 2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the eighth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23.

Contents

In a change mirroring that of the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, the field of this competition increased from 64 to 96 players, who competed in 32 groups of three, with the winner of each progressing to the knockout stages.

The group stage and knock-out phase from the last 32 to the semi-finals was played at Robin Park Centre, Wigan, on 5 November 2018. The final took place on 25 November 2018, before the final of the 2018 Players Championship Finals.

Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion after defeating English player Josh Payne 6–3 in the 2017 final.

Van den Bergh successfully defended his youth title, by beating Germany's Martin Schindler 6–3 in the final.

Van den Bergh became the first player to defend the title and overall to win two times the PDC World Youth Title.

Prize money

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £60,000)
Winner(1)£10,000
Runner-up(1)£5,000
Semi-finalists(2)£2,500
Quarter-finalists(4)£1,600
Last 16(8)£1,000
Last 32(16)£500
Second in group(32)£300
Third in group(32)£250

Qualifiers

74 players from the final 2018 PDC Development Tour Order of Merit qualified, as did 22 international qualifiers. [1] Tahuna Irwin, who would have been the 23rd international qualifier, withdrew due to an issue with immigration. [2] Bradley Brooks, Dawson Murschell and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez qualified through the Development Tour Order of Merit as well as through an International Qualifier, which means the players ranked 75, 76 and 77 all qualified. Levy Frauenfelder replaced Jakob Kelly.

Development Tour qualifiers: [3]

  1. Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries
  2. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh
  3. Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts
  4. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Geert Nentjes
  5. Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler
  6. Flag of England.svg George Killington
  7. Flag of Austria.svg Rowby-John Rodriguez
  8. Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle
  9. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Zonneveld
  10. Flag of Germany.svg Christian Bunse
  11. Flag of England.svg Jarred Cole
  12. Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Rafferty
  13. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Berry van Peer
  14. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kenny Neyens
  15. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wessel Nijman
  16. Flag of England.svg Rob Hewson
  17. Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks
  18. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jimmy Hendriks
  19. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dawson Murschell
  20. Flag of England.svg George Gardner
  21. Flag of England.svg Bradley Kirk
  22. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Justin van Tergouw
  23. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mike De Decker
  24. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhys Griffin
  25. Flag of England.svg Tommy Wilson
  26. Flag of Austria.svg Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
  27. Flag of England.svg Lee Budgen
  28. Flag of England.svg Rhys Hayden
  29. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brian Raman
  30. Flag of England.svg Scott Dale
  31. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Melvin de Fijter
  32. Flag of England.svg Joe Davis
  33. Flag of Scotland.svg William Borland
  34. Flag of England.svg Josh McCarthy
  35. Flag of England.svg Callan Rydz
  36. Flag of England.svg Harry Ward
  37. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny van Trijp
  38. Flag of Ireland.svg Jordan Boyce
  39. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan
  40. Flag of England.svg Tom Lonsdale
  41. Flag of Ireland.svg Shane McGuirk
  42. Flag of England.svg Lewis Pride
  43. Flag of Scotland.svg Greg Ritchie
  44. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike van Duivenbode
  45. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kevin Doets
  46. Flag of Germany.svg Nico Blum
  47. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Patrick van den Boogaard
  48. Flag of Ireland.svg Dean Finn
  49. Flag of England.svg Callum Loose
  50. Flag of England.svg John Brown
  51. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sven Groen
  52. Flag of England.svg Mark Baxter
  53. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Verberk
  54. Flag of England.svg Thomas Lovely
  55. Flag of England.svg Carl Batchelor
  56. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Justin Smith
  57. Flag of Germany.svg Hendrik Eggermann
  58. Flag of England.svg Jaikob Selby
  59. Flag of Ireland.svg Dylan Powell
  60. Flag of England.svg Scott Jackson
  61. Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Hansch
  62. Flag of England.svg Jakob Kelly
  63. Flag of England.svg Fred Box
  64. Flag of England.svg Jack Male
  65. Flag of Germany.svg Nico Schlund
  66. Flag of England.svg Adam Paxton
  67. Flag of England.svg Danny Key
  68. Flag of England.svg Conor Mayes
  69. Flag of England.svg Keelan Kay
  70. Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Pohl
  71. Flag of England.svg Adam Watson
  72. Flag of England.svg Jack Vincent
  73. Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Davidson
  74. Flag of England.svg Declan Cox
  75. Flag of England.svg Jack Main
  76. Flag of England.svg Aaron Holdstock
  77. Flag of England.svg Callum Matthews
  78. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Levy Frauenfelder

International qualifiers: [1] [4]

Draw

Group stage

Knockout Phase

Last 32(best of 11 legs)
5 November
Last 16(best of 11 legs)
5 November
Quarter-finals(best of 11 legs)
5 November
Semi-finals(best of 11 legs)
5 November
Final(best of 11 legs)
25 November
               
1 Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 2
Flag of England.svg Callan Rydz 6
  Flag of England.svg Callan Rydz 6
Flag of the Philippines.svg Paolo Nebrida 2
  Flag of the Philippines.svg Paolo Nebrida 6
Flag of England.svg Tom Lonsdale 4
  Flag of England.svg Callan Rydz 6
Flag of England.svg Harry Ward 5
8 Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle 6
Flag of England.svg Adam Paxton 2
8 Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle 3
Flag of England.svg Harry Ward 6
Flag of England.svg Harry Ward 6
24 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhys Griffin 3
Flag of England.svg Callan Rydz 3
5 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 6
5 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 6
28 Flag of England.svg Rhys Hayden 0
5 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 6
21 Flag of England.svg Bradley Kirk 4
Flag of Germany.svg Nico Schlund 2
21 Flag of England.svg Bradley Kirk 6
5 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 6
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Geert Nentjes 0
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Geert Nentjes 6
29 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brian Raman 4
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Geert Nentjes 6
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Justin Smith 2
13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Berry van Peer 1
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Justin Smith 6
5 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 91.603
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.446
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 6
31 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Melvin de Fijter 3
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 6
Flag of England.svg Thomas Lovely 2
  Flag of England.svg Thomas Lovely 6
Flag of England.svg Jack Main 1
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 6
10 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Bunse 3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike van Duivenbode 6
26 Flag of Austria.svg Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike van Duivenbode 5
10 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Bunse 6
10 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Bunse 6
23 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mike De Decker 4
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 6
3 Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts 1
Flag of England.svg Mark Baxter 4
27 Flag of England.svg Lee Budgen 6
27 Flag of England.svg Lee Budgen 6
11 Flag of England.svg Jarred Cole 3
11 Flag of England.svg Jarred Cole 6
22 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Justin van Tergouw 3
27 Flag of England.svg Lee Budgen 2
3 Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts 6
3 Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts 6
30 Flag of England.svg Scott Dale 1
3 Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts 6
Flag of England.svg Scott Jackson 0
  Flag of England.svg Scott Jackson 6
19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dawson Murschell 4

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